For more than a week, scenes of mass protests have been unfolding across America, triggered by the death of unarmed black man George Floyd.
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The Black Lives Matter protests and the messages behind it have not only spread across the US but across the world.
The messaging behind the protests and demonstrations has also forced Australians to look at their own history and its treatment of Indigenous people.
Large protests were held across several Australian cities last weekend with thousands of people attending.
Are the protests in Australia just about George Floyd's death?
The protests in the US began following the death of George Floyd late last month, after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Mr Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes.
Mr Floyd was heard repeatedly saying "I can't breathe" in the moments before his death, with the police officer continuing to hold his knee on Mr Floyd's neck for several minutes after he stopped moving.
The death triggered protests starting in Minneapolis before similar demonstrations took place in other American cities including Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
George Floyd's death was the catalyst for widespread protests in the US, which then spread to other countries around the world, including Australia.
The protests have led to a renewed focus in Australia of treatment towards Indigenous people and deaths in custody, highlighting not just George Floyd's death but also broader issues.
Since the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody were handed down in 1991, more than 430 Indigenous people have died in custody.
Among them have been Indigenous man David Dungay, 26, who died in Long Bay Jail in 2015 while being restrained by five prison guards.
Dungay also repeatedly said "I can't breath" while he was being restrained.
Recent figures have shown while Indigenous people make up 3 per cent of the population, they account for nearly 30 per cent of prisoners in Australia.
By comparison, African Americans make up 12 per cent of the population but 33 per cent of the prison population in the US.
Australian protesters were also seeking to highlight the treatment of Indigenous people by police.
In one incident last week that was widely circulated on social media, a NSW police officer was seen tripping an Indigenous teenager during an arrest, before he was slammed face-first onto a footpath.
The officer was placed on restricted duties. The incident caused further controversy after NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller said the officer "had a bad day".
How are the protests in Australia different?
Protests were held last weekend in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Newcastle and other cities across the country.
While the protests in the US have been marked by violence, looting, state-imposed curfews and members of the National Guard being brought in, rallies in Australia have been largely peaceful.
An estimated 20,000 people took to Sydney streets on the weekend to protest while just three people were arrested.
Pepper spray was used on several protesters at Central Station by police following the end of the demonstration. A further 10,000 people took part in protests in Melbourne with similar crowds also reported in Brisbane.
Protests took place in Canberra on Friday and Saturday, culminating with a march on Parliament House.
What about social distancing?
The weekend's protests were the largest public gatherings in Australia since coronavirus lockdown measures were introduced in March.
While restrictions across the country are easing, social distancing measures are in place.
Some have criticised the protests that allowed for thousands of people to gather in one place while limits of 50 people were in place for funerals and 20 for weddings.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian deemed the protest illegal last week, saying it "never was and never will be" the intention of the state to allow people to be "flagrantly disregarding health orders".
NSW police applied for an injunction to the state's Supreme Court to stop the protest from going ahead.
While the protest was deemed illegal in a late-night decision on Friday, it was overturned on appeal just minutes before the protest was scheduled to begin.
Masks were handed out to many protesters at multiple demonstrations during the weekend and hand sanitiser was distributed.
However, Victoria police confirmed it would fine the organisers of Melbourne's rally more than $1600 each for breaching health directions during the pandemic.
The president of the Australian Medical Association Tony Bartone said anyone who attended a rally on the weekend should self-isolate for two weeks and watch for symptoms.
"We need to be very clear, we are still very much in the early phase of dealing with COVID-19," Dr Bartone said on Monday.
"Any mass gathering of that size, regardless of the cause has the potential to put the community at risk. If everyone was wanting to keep the rest of the community safe, anyone who attended those rallies really should stay home and keep away from the rest of the community for at least two weeks."
Australia's deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly warned the protests could lead to a new cluster of infections.
While Finance Minister Mathias Cormann labelled the protests as reckless and selfish in the wake of coronavirus restrictions, Labor spokeswoman for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney urged him to listen to the pain of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Will more protests take place?
Demonstrations are continuing across the US and show no sign of slowing down.
Further demonstrations are likely to be on the cards across Australia as people continue to protest the treatment of Indigenous people. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the weekend's protest was an isolated incident and urged the community to continue to follow social distancing measures.